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Koyama Shisei

Koyama Shisei
小山 肆成
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Born1807
Hisagi Village, Kii Province, Japan
DiedOctober 28, 1862(1862-10-28) (aged 54–55)
Kyoto, Yamashiro Province, Japan

Koyama Shisei (Japanese: 小山 肆成, 1807-1862) was a Japanese physician and vaccinologist. He also used the name Hōshū (蓬洲).

Koyama's reputation was such that he was compared with other outstanding scientists of his time, as in the phrase, "Seishū of the north, Hōshū of the south" (北の青洲、南の蓬洲).


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